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CALEA’s Summer Conference was held in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington sits in the heart of the Blue Grass Region of the state and is known worldwide not only for its horse farms and the Keeneland Race Track, but for the Gratz Park district, Union and Confederate Civil War sites, and Lexington Public Safety Museum, as well. Our hosts were the Lexington Division of Police and the State of Ohio Accreditation Resources (SOAR). Lexington Chief of Police Anthany Beatty and his staff did an outstanding job putting together a terrific conference with registration amenities, hospitality suites, and Thursday Host Event for all in attendance. From the moment attendees arrived in Lexington, host personnel were available to ensure conference participants and their families had a memorable visit. To top it off, the Lexington Division of Police hosted an ‘Olde Kentucky’ barbeque at the Kentucky Horse Park on Thursday night that was truly “One for the Books!” The Horse Park site is one of Kentucky’s finest state parks and is home to over 50 breeds of horses from around the world. Attendees had an opportunity to tour the grounds and the International Museum of the Horse before dinner was served. The museum has the largest single collection of Kentucky Derby trophies in the world, with each trophy handcrafted from 22-karat solid gold. A grand time was had by all! CALEA would like to recognize the hard work of the Lexington Division of Police and SOAR for hosting the summer conference. The Opening Session officially started the conference on Wednesday morning, July 26, 2006. Commission President James M. O’Dell made opening remarks to the over 800 in attendance. The Lexington Division of Police Honor Guard posted the colors and Officer Van Berry sang the National Anthem. Those in attendance included: Commissioner Jack Adams (Kentucky State Police), Mayor Teresa Ann Isaac (Lexington-Fayette Urban County), Commissioner Rebecca Langston (Kentucky Department of Public Safety), Chief Anthany Beatty, and Host Committee Chair Major Robert Stack (Lexington Division of Police). Executive Director Sylvester Daughtry, Jr., ended the ceremony with announcements concerning conference workshops and committee meetings. Following the opening session, the full slate of training workshops began. Commission staff conducted CALEA-specific training classes, with additional topical workshops ably carried out by outside presenters. They included: Problem Based Learning (Ed Brodt, Associate Director, and Tracy Schiller, Instructor and Instructor Trainer, Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute); Five Steps to Good Training (Wanda Barr, Training Support Manager, David Libengood, Instructional Services Supervisor, and Mary Martin, Academic Support Officer, Wackenhut Services, Incorporated - Savannah (SC) River Site); Integrity - Preparing the New Recruit (Major Michael Bosse and Lieutenant Ronald Compton, Lexington (KY) Division of Police); APCO: What the APCO Institute Can Do for You (Sandy Campbell, APCO Institute); We Are Out of Space - Strategies on How to Initiate a Space Needs Study and Building Permit (Rick Tripp, Michael Schuster Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio); Advanced Language Program (Assistant Chief Ronnie Bastin and Officer Miguel Rodriguez, Lexington (KY) Division of Police); Decisions, Decisions (Sandy Campbell, APCO Institute); WMD Grants: Personal Protective Equipment Purchasing (Sergeant Clayton Roberts, Lexington (KY) Division of Police); Lexington Division of Police Emergency Response Unit (Lieutenant Jonathan Sherrod and Officer Pike Spraggins, Lexington (KY) Division of Police); and The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Death Investigations (Dr. Emily Craig, Kentucky State Medical Examiner’s Office). On Friday afternoon, the Commission reconvened for the Town Hall and Full Commission Meetings. At the Commission Meeting, the Commission received standing committee reports: Corporate Affairs Committee approved the Jacksonville, Florida, meeting minutes; denied CALEA Alliance Program exemption request from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Association; received status report on the Department of Justice (DOJ) grant, approved fees reduction for law enforcement agencies seeking public safety communications and/or training academy accreditation; and reviewed the preliminary budget report for 2007. Outreach Committee approved the Jacksonville, Florida, meeting minutes, and selected the following cities as candidates for 2009 CALEA Conference sites: March 2009-Hampton, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina; July 2009-Hampton, Virginia; Scottsdale, Arizona; and St. Paul, Minnesota; and November 2009-Columbia, South Carolina; Dallas, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Standards Review and Interpretations Committee approved the Jacksonville, Florida, meeting minutes; received status report on the 2nd Edition of Standards for Public Safety Communications Agencies; approved the deletion of nine standards from the 4th Edition Standard for Law Enforcement Agencies; approved modification to Guiding Principle 4.3; approved changes to standard 22.2.7 of the 5th Edition Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies; and denied the request for extending the transition period for 5th Edition Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies. CALEA Agency Support Fund approved the Jacksonville, Florida, meeting minutes; accepted a report on the current fund balance; and approved request for assistance for current accreditation fees from New Orleans (LA) Police Department and Calcasieu Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office. Awards Committee approved the Jacksonville, Florida, meeting minutes; recommended Kansas City (KS) Police Department for TRI-ARC Award; recommended Chiefs Ronald G. Ferrell, PhD (Mason (OH) Police) and Timothy D. Wallace (Hurst (TX) Police Department) for the Egon Bittner Award; recommended Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske (Seattle (WA) Police Department) for the James V. Cotter Award, and reviewed the current criteria for the James V. Cotter Award. Agency review hearings were held on Saturday morning, with five committees of Commissioners reviewing a total of 82 agencies: 10 for initial law enforcement accreditation, 56 for law enforcement reaccreditation, 2 for initial public safety communications accreditation, 2 for public safety communications reaccreditation, 3 for initial public safety training academy accreditation, 2 for public safety training academy reaccreditation, 3 for initial recognition, 1 for re-recognition, and 3 for initial recognition through alliance. The agencies reviewed were awarded accreditation or recognition at the Saturday night Celebration Banquet. The evening ended with the Chair inviting everyone to the next Commission Conference in Reno, Nevada, November 15-18, 2006.
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